| solid-state detector | A detector that uses a crystalline scintillating material rather than an ionization chamber to detect or measure radiation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| detector | One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. "A deathbed's detector of the heart." (Young) Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them. Detector lk. See Lock. Origin: L, a revealer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| detector coil | A coil used in magnetic resonance imaging as an antenna to record radiofrequency emissions of stimulated nuclei, e.g., body coil, head coil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flame ionisation detector | <apparatus> A piece of equipment used in gas chromatography that uses a flame to decompose the neutral solute molecules into charged particles, then measures any changes in conductivity. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lie detector | 1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine. 2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors. Origin: Gr. Writing much; much, many + to write: cf. F. Polygraphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| chiral crystal | An enantiomorphic, dyssymmetric, optically active crystal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phase, crystal | <microscopy> A specific crystal structure, usually given a name. (05 Aug 1998) |
| clathrate crystal | Lattice-like arrangement of molecules of one substance surrounding molecules of another substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal | A solid of regular shape and, for a given compound, characteristic angles, formed when an element or compound solidifies slowly enough, as a result either of freezing from the liquid form or of precipitating out of solution, to allow the individual molecules to take up regular positions with respect to one another. Origin: G. Krystallos, clear ice, crystal (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal, birefringent | <microscopy> A crystalline substance which is anisotropic with respect to the velocity of light. (05 Aug 1998) |
| crystal rash | A noninflammatory form of miliaria in which the vesicles are filled with clear fluid. Synonym: crystal rash, sudamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal structure | <chemistry> The configuration in which atoms are arranged in a material. These arrangements have a direct effect on the physical properties of the material. These arrangements commonly take the form of cubes, rectangular solids, hexagonal solids. Etc. (05 Aug 1998) |
| crystal violet | Hexamethylpararosanilin chloride;a compound that has been used in the external treatment of burns, wounds, and fungal infections of skin and mucous membranes, and internally for pinworm and certain fluke infections; used also as a stain for chromatin, amyloid, platelets in blood, fibrin, and neuroglia, and to differentiate among bacteria. Synonym: methylrosaniline chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal violet vaccine | See: hog cholera vaccines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrate crystal | One of several possible microstructural arrangements of water molecules based on intermolecular forces; suggested as being involved in the mode of action of inhalation anaesthetics. (05 Mar 2000) |